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The Grand Turk
Turkey expects first F-35 delivery in 2018
2016-10-30
At last! We've found a way to sabotage the Turk military!
Turkey expects to take delivery of its first Lockheed Martin Corp F-35A fighter jets in 2018 and has decided to order a second batch, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries said on Oct. 28.

It did not say how many more of the fighter jets it planned to order but two U.S. officials familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the second batch would comprise 24 jets.

The Undersecretariat said it expected the new orders to be delivered in 2021 and 2022. Its statement was released after a meeting of its executive committee chaired by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.

A Lockheed representative said the company is "honored" by Turkey's continued commitment to the F-35 program which was further demonstrated by the decision by the DIEC on Oct. 29.

Turkey had placed its first orders in 2014 with two jets and has added another four to that in 2015, according to the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries website. It aims to eventually purchase a total of 100, it said.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  The only foreign AF with an in to the software is the Juice, although I expect it'll be a trivial problem for the Japanese.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-10-30 15:47  

#3  Relax, we'll sell them a bunch of these things and sit back and watch them go nuts trying to troubleshoot the software while they all crash and we can laugh all the way to the bank.

You don't suppose they would get the Iranians to help? I mean the Iranians did get the F-14s to fly after all of the stuff the US tech advisors did to them.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2016-10-30 13:13  

#2  And they'll be paid for from funds the US gives Turkey, I presume.
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-10-30 11:19  

#1  kick them out of nato

erdogan is islamist

islamists are the enemy sunni or shia
Posted by: anon1   2016-10-30 07:29  

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